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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a inferno, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the last month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Broker Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," he remarked, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and urging the US president to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of the south Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the primary efforts to recover electricity was concluded though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Downings

Ukraine's air defences downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total UAVs from Russia sent against the country overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Claims of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted American claims it has provided military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have precise information about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The government department in Havana said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to prison terms from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news emerged of Cuban nationals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government program that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of 1,028 individuals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them has the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.